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Hardback. It is a window into an important period of industrial development and its consequences on communities and environments in the world-famous steel country of southwestern Pennsylvania. Num Pages: 272 pages, 36, 19 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JHBL; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873812
- ISBN
- 9780801873812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892752
- ISBN
- 9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894015
- ISBN
- 9780801894015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Hardcover. This book explores the experiences and writings of four teachers at the University of Chicago Laboratory School, both to investigate their lives as female professionals during the Progressive era, and to add to our understanding of this innovative institution and how these philosophies and innovations have carried out to this day. Num Pages: 241 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610736
- ISBN
- 9780230610736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardback. Beyond Maximus shows how field poetics influenced the construction of the public voices of five Black Mountain poets (Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, and Ed Dorn) in order to explain their association in the 1950s and 60s as well as their break-up as a result of the political and poetic crises of the Vietnam War era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756471
- ISBN
- 9780804756471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.65
€ 93.65
Hardcover. Exploring how the early 1970s were years of crucial significance in the bipolar world which prevailed until the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume reveals this period as a stage of the decomposition of the Soviet empire. Series: East European Monographs S. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880334242
- ISBN
- 9780880334242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 42.58
€ 53.41
€ 42.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 191 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JKS; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988300
- ISBN
- 9781403988300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardback. Using new research, Anne Daguerre examines Obama's legacy on welfare and antipoverty policies, focusing in particular on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447338338
- ISBN
- 9781447338338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.98
€ 40.99
€ 38.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 107 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211931
- ISBN
- 9780300211931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.37€ 44.78
€ 56.37
€ 44.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604563306
- ISBN
- 9781604563306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.00
€ 52.99
€ 35.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hale, Hester Anne. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600210662
- ISBN
- 9781600210662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.72€ 91.54
€ 131.72
€ 91.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2/27/00
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375708428
- ISBN
- 9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.50
€ 20.99
€ 15.50
Hardback. Series: American Thought and Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532625
- ISBN
- 9780742532625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.84
€ 175.84
Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050273
- ISBN
- 9780674050273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Hardcover. Features more than 148 highlights selected by the curators and staff of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This volume includes works from the ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, ancient American, Asian, African, European painting, European sculpture and decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1891.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780917046827
- ISBN
- 9780917046827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.32
€ 55.32
Paperback. Anne's sister Becky was born in 1958, before most people had even heard of autism. Diagnosed with "emotional disturbance," Becky was subjected to well-meaning but futile efforts at "rehabilitation" or "cure," as well as prolonged spells in institutions. This bittersweet memoir will resonate with everyone interested in autism spectrum conditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BG; MJNA; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002911
- ISBN
- 9781843108597
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Good clean copy with some reader wear.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KTM0006723
- ISBN
- 9780753500941
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Analyses the material culture of passengers' belongings found on the steamboats Bertrand and Arabia, which served nineteenth century emigrants traveling west on the Missouri river. This book is intended as a reference for western artifacts and for steamboats that operated on the Missouri river. Series: The Springer Series in Underwater Archaeology. Num Pages: 254 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306461682
- ISBN
- 9780306461682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.81
€ 132.81
Paperback. This work looks at the reasons behind the success of Silicon Valley when compared to other industrial centres such as Route 128 in Massachusetts. It argues that Silicon Valley developed a decentralized but co-operative industrial system while Route 128 was dominated by self-sufficient corporations. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 graphs, 2 maps, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KJC; KJF; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 50525th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674753402
- ISBN
- 9780674753402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.13
€ 41.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Ward uses a variety of analytical tools based in rhetorical criticism to examine the moral messages taught in five recent Disney animated films. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292791534
- ISBN
- 9780292791534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Argues that zombies and murderers in American film and literature embody the violent contradictions of capitalism. This book reveals that each creature has its tale to tell about how a free-wheeling market economy turns human beings into monstrosities. It tracks the monsters spawned by capitalism through pulp fiction and Hollywood blockbusters. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3895 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337454
- ISBN
- 9780822337454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. A grand overview of the New World's most recognizable but least understood ancient city--Teotihuacan, in the Valley of Mexico--which proposes a new model for the city's social and political structure. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 230 pages, 131 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HD; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 508. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723092
- ISBN
- 9780292723092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646293
- ISBN
- 9780888646293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.92
€ 13.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. This book analyses the diffusion of norms concerning gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade between the EU, South America and Southern Africa. Norm diffusion is conceptualized as a truly multidirectional and polycentric process, shaped by regional governance and resulting in new geometries of transnational activism. Editor(s): Vleuten, Anna van der (Radbound University Nijmegen, The Netherlands); Van Eerdewijk, Anouka; Roggeband, Conny. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFM; 1KLS; 1QFE; JFFJ; JFSJ; JPB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137301444
- ISBN
- 9781137301444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95